Veľký Kamenec
| Veľký Kamenec | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Košický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Trebišov | ||
| Region : | Dolný Zemplín | ||
| Area : | 12.723 km² | ||
| Residents : | 756 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 59 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 124 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 076 36 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 56 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 22 ' N , 21 ° 48' E | ||
| License plate : | TV | ||
| Kód obce : | 543918 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Attila Nagy | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Veľký Kamenec 255 076 36 Veľký Kamenec |
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| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Veľký Kamenec (until 1948 "Ve „ký Kevežd" in Slovak; Nagykövesd in Hungarian ) is a municipality in southeastern Slovakia with 756 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Administratively, it belongs to Okres Trebišov , which is part of the Košický kraj district . According to the 2001 census (848 inhabitants) the place is predominantly Magyar (88.7%), with a Slovak minority (10%).
geography
The municipality is located in the southern part of the Eastern Slovak Lowlands under the foothills of the Zemplínske vrchy . The center of the village is at an altitude of 124 m. This region is also called Medzibodrožie (ung. Bodrogköz ), which flows here to the northwest of the village. Veľký Kamenec is 17 kilometers from Kráľovský Chlmec , 16 kilometers from the Hungarian Sátoraljaújhely and 43 kilometers from Trebišov .
South of the village there is a road border crossing to the Hungarian municipality of Pácin over the Veľká Krčava river .
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1247. The castle was built shortly after the Mongol invasion in 1241. The Church of St. Joseph is first recorded in the 14th century. In the 14th to 16th centuries, the place developed as a minor town, but fell into social decline after this period. In 1672 the castle was demolished.
In 1828 the place had 105 houses and 772 inhabitants, in 1900 even 1229. The main sources of income were agriculture and viticulture.
The place in Semplin County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1919 and then became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia. 1938-45 he was again in Hungary because of the First Vienna Arbitration . In 1948 the place name (kőves = "stony") was changed to a Slovak name (kameň = "stone") for national political reasons.
